Prince’s  Son

Kuntz, Rudolf (Mannheim 1797 – Karlsruhe 1848). Mirza. (Chestnut-brown). / Bai chatâin. Portrait to the right before subdued coastal scenery with palace, boats, and palms. Chalk lithograph with pale brown tone plate by Lorenz Ekeman Allesson (Malmö 1790/91 – Stuttgart 1828). (1824.) Inscribed: Nach d. Leben gez. von Rud. Kuntz. / Lithogr. v. L. Ekeman Allesson., otherwise as above. 37.5 x 42 cm.

Winkler, Die Frühzeit der dt. Lithographie, 180, 57, 6; Boetticher, Kuntz, II, 2; Grafische Arbeiten der Pferdemaler 17.-19. Jhdt. – exhibition catalogue German Horse Museum, Verden 1996 – no. 45/46 (W. 180, 57, 16 f.); Thieme-Becker XXII, 116.

Leaf 6 of the 18-sheet

“ (Illustrations  of  the  Royal  Wurttemberg  Stud  Horses  of  Oriental  Races) ”

published by the Royal Lithographic Institute in Stuttgart in 1823/24 (Boetticher’s 1823/32 not even corresponding with Ekeman’s year of death). – Besides the pricks in the lower corners of the surrounding black line originating from printing with tone plate several worm holes in the white upper margin and below of and in the area of the text, one of which running narrowly within the border line. A weak foxiness or waterstreakiness resp. largely superposed by the tone plate. At the shoulder small retouch. All affecting the general impression of the beautiful portrait of “Prince’s Son” (with brand) little only.

“ In the 19^th century scientific methods for the targeted control of breeding had been developed. In the course of this development horses became sort of personalities whose names one had to know and who had at times a genealogical tree reaching over generations. Since this time comprehensive picture series of important stud horses were published which documented the results of stately stud horse breeding and should serve as models for private horse breeding. The

first  pure  breed  of  Arab  horses  outside  of  the  Orient

originating in King Wilhelm's passion (“King of farming”, Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie) is displayed in large-sized horse portraits by the Karlsruhe horse painter Rudolf Kuntz ”

(Dietrich Fröba, exhibition catalogue Verden, page 23).

The rare plates thus together represent a very high documentary value. – Ekeman was director of the young Royal Lithographic Institute and already the contemporary Nagler acknowledged him as being excellent and qualified him as a “decisive talent for landscape painting”.
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“  … that I have received the parcel in good order. Very well and professional packed indeed. The litho of Mourot is according to my expectations. The drawing is rare. Colouring most probably same time … ”

(Mr. P. v. d. W., June 26, 2003)